Abstract:
A device for the centrifugal casting of articles in a rotatable polymerization column which includes retaining means disposed in the lower end of the column for communicating with a mold therein whereby the rotational speed of said mold and other vertically arranged molds above it are made substantially synchronous with the rotational speed of the column.
Abstract:
A coaxial surge protector includes a housing in which is situated a transmission line in the form of a two-sided printed circuit board. The surge protector includes input and output signal connectors mounted on a housing and connected to the transmission line, and a gas discharge tube electrically coupled between the transmission line and circuit ground. A thermally activated shunt assembly is thermally coupled to the gas discharge tube and senses when the gas discharge tube is in an overheating condition. Upon such condition, the shunt assembly provides an electrically conductive shunt in parallel with the gas discharge tube to divert current flowing through the gas discharge tube to flow through the shunt assembly to ground in order to minimize further overheating of the gas discharge tube.
Abstract:
An improved mold apparatus and spin casting method adapted for use in the molding of precisely configured articles, e.g., a contact lens, from a liquid polymerizable reaction mixture containing at least one volatile component is disclosed. Loss of this volatile component from the reaction mixture is prevented by providing a separate reservoir filled with a liquid volatile substance which volatilizes and fills the space above the liquid polymerization mixture.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for feeding molds to a device for centrifugally casting a plurality of axially symmetrical or asymmetrical articles such as lenses, disc valves, and the like on a continuous basis.
Abstract:
Plastic contact lenses are formed in a casting process in which the required amount of lens-forming material is charged into a mold half, the mating lens half is inserted but only far enough to contact at least the surface of the lens-forming material. Next the inserted part is allowed to dwell or is slowly withdrawn for a sufficient distance to cause the liquid lens-forming material to move to the center of the two molding surfaces and to approximate a column between the two molding surfaces. The moveable mold portion is then quickly inserted into the mold pushing the lens-forming material uniformly outwardly and displacing any air between the two molding surfaces to form a contact lens devoid of air bubbles and entrained air.